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Re:Ask HN: Advice for freshmen entering college by noodle on Tuesday August 11, 2009 @04:15PM (#756252)
i don't believe the point is whether you will be successful with a PhD. you can be successful with a PhD from almost anywhere. you can be successful without one, too.

the point is that the name on the PhD matters. and it does. it doesn't ALWAYS matter. but it does matter.

Re:Ask HN: Advice for freshmen entering college by run4yourlives on Tuesday August 11, 2009 @04:18PM (#756266)
Fair enough, I can concede that.